Places
36 places found.
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- Torquay, Devon
- Salcombe, Devon
- Exeter, Devon
- Plymouth, Devon
- Ilfracombe, Devon
- Sidmouth, Devon
- Barnstaple, Devon
- Paignton, Devon
- Exmouth, Devon
- Dartmouth, Devon
- Teignmouth, Devon
- Tavistock, Devon
- Seaton, Devon
- Bideford, Devon
- Okehampton, Devon
- Dawlish, Devon
- Kingsbridge, Devon
- Totnes, Devon
- Newton Abbot, Devon
- Lynton, Devon
- Tiverton, Devon
- Budleigh Salterton, Devon
- Ashburton, Devon
- Axminster, Devon
- Honiton, Devon
- Ottery St Mary, Devon
- Ivybridge, Devon
- Crediton, Devon
- Great Torrington, Devon
- Buckfastleigh, Devon
- Northam, Devon
- South Molton, Devon
- Holsworthy, Devon
- Woolfardisworthy, Devon
- Millwey Rise, Devon
- Higher Dunstone, Devon
Photos
20,221 photos found. Showing results 1 to 20.
Maps
7,211 maps found.
Books
32 books found. Showing results 1 to 24.
Memories
318 memories found. Showing results 1 to 10.
East Terrace
I used to live in #1 when I was about 6 years old and have memories of climbing out of a window and sitting on the roof and looking out to sea. I also used to cycle off to school each day along this street. My father was ...Read more
A memory of Budleigh Salterton in 1948 by
Family History Dated 1781 Kings Somborne.
Please could any one in Kings Somborne let me know who to contact regarding my family history. I have a family tree that dates back to 1781. My decendents were from Kings Somborne. I have names from ...Read more
A memory of King's Somborne by
Greengrocers 1899 1934 East Street: Mark & Annie Crouch
My Great Grandfather Mark Crouch ran a greengrocers shop from the front room of his thatched cottage in East Street from 1899-1934 and then after he died his wife Annie continued as a ...Read more
A memory of Westbourne in 1890 by
Daffodils In June
Just a short note: I am writing my first novel due to be published in December. While travelling through Devon recently, I was still stuck for the name of the central character of the book, now I have it, her name is Fenny Bridges Thank you for the inspiration. Dorset Burroughs
A memory of Fenny Bridges by
A Very New Broadway
In 1962 my parents and I (12 years old) moved from Bristol to open Victoria Wine (later to become the Wine Market before reverting back to Victoria Wine). There were still several empty units awaiting occupation. I can recall ...Read more
A memory of Plymstock in 1962 by
Teignmouth Folk Festival 2008
A weekend long folk festival in June attracted crowds of spectators to the street entertainments around Teignmouth and also to the concert performances in the Carlton Theatre. Many of the entertainers were morris ...Read more
A memory of Teignmouth in 2008 by
The Bell Hotel, Hare Street, Buntingford
I have recently discovered that my Great Grandfather John Main originally from Devon (a shoe maker) and then in Brixton, London as a Dairy Manager owned the Bell Hotel in Hare Street around 1905. My ...Read more
A memory of Buntingford in 1900 by
The Newmans Of Sible Hedingham
Researching my maternal family tree, I have found that my Grandfather's family originally came from Sible Hedingham and Castle Hedingham. John Newman's occupation was given as stockman and his wife Jane worked ...Read more
A memory of Sible Hedingham by
History Of Clayton Family 1700s
Descendants of George Clayton Generation No. 1 1. GEORGE1 CLAYTON was born 1788 in Pickhill, West Roxby, Yorkshire England. He married ANN MUDD 08 December 1806 in Pickhill, West Roxby, Yorkshire England. She ...Read more
A memory of Pickhill in 1860 by
The Howard Family Of Barnes And Hammersmith
My Great-Great-Grandad, Henry Howard, lived in the early 1800’s - a time of great rural depression - and so he left his Devon home to look for work in London with the result that several generations of my ...Read more
A memory of Barnes in 1870 by
Captions
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A lace maker works at a floral sprig of Honiton lace outside her cottage door at Beer in South Devon.
A lace maker works at a floral sprig of Honiton lace outside her cottage door at Beer in South Devon.
In earlier times both the Trent and the Devon were actively fished, sometimes illegally.
Close to Tiverton, this could be said to be archetypal Devon: rolling hills, cultivated fields and a small farm tucked away from the world.
The River Sid starts its short journey to the sea amidst the high land at Broad Down and Farway; here the Bronze Age inhabitants of East Devon buried their dead.
A walk through the countryside around Uplyme often takes you as much into Dorset as Devon, for the county border weaves around the ridges, woods and tiny brooks of the locality.
The end of our coastal journey brings us to one of the finest churches in Devon. St Michael's is a delight.
Motorists heading out of Cornwall from Callington must descend a steep hill through the old mining village of Gunnislake, which is situated in the Tamar valley close to the Devon border.
The end of our coastal journey brings us to one of the finest churches in Devon. St Michael's is a delight.
This was a typical Devon seaside community where smuggling was endemic. One of Devon's most notorious smugglers, Jack Rattenbury, lived locally two centuries ago.
In earlier times both the Trent and the Devon were actively fished, sometimes illegally.
The River Sid starts its short journey to the sea amidst the high land at Broad Down and Farway; here the Bronze Age inhabitants of East Devon buried their dead.
The end of our coastal journey brings us to one of the finest churches in Devon. Axmouth's St Michael's is a delight.
Buckfastleigh was for centuries the centre of the South Devon cloth industry, as its location on the Dart meant there was a ready source of power.
Sidmouth nestles in a broad valley where the pastoral countryside of East Devon sweeps down to the sea. It was a centre for fishing and farming long before it became popular with tourists.
Visitors approaching from Devon descend this steep hill to the sea at Lyme.
Subsequently, it would become the Alexandra Hospital, which remained in business until 1978 when the new North Devon General hospital was opened.
The high ridges surrounding the upper reaches of the River Otter offer wonderful views across the East Devon countryside.
A feature of several East Devon villages is a brook running alongside a main street.
It is an excellent centre for visitors wishing to explore the coast and downland of this part of Dorset and nearby east Devon.
Axmouth, in East Devon, was an important port until its river entrance silted up.
Chardstock was a Dorset village until 1886, when it was 'moved' across into Devon. The county border is not far away.
Not far away is Coryton Park, rebuilt in 1754-56 by Benedictus Mawood Tucker, afterwards Sheriff of Devon.
Visitors approaching from Devon descend this steep hill to the sea at Lyme.
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